Volume 3: Lost Soles Lead to Hope FoundJust as the other Volumes, Volume 3 follows Sharon and Randy’s journey through life’s ups and downs. It begins with two people surviving every parent’s nightmare, to healing as a couple, eventually experiencing every parent’s greatest moment. Along the way it dives further into the almost other-worldly [...]

I will pick this story up from a somewhat foggy, foggy as in mentally foggy, night out in Vegas when we were scheduled to trek to California in the morning. It was around 2 a.m. and for whatever reason, could have had something to do with Tequila shots, we decided we would head out to [...]

February 2010, Snowbirds CoverHello my name is Randy Hamilton and I traveled with my wife Sharon and 2 dogs, Jack and Jinjer, for over 4 years full-time in our 36′ 1998 Cruisemaster motor home. When I was first asked by Snowbirds to write an article about being Snowbirds I was caught a little off-guard. I [...]

This is a photo of the sheet of paper we used as a travel log during the road trip. Some things are pretty funny to read again. It does help us remember what happened, as the trip is pretty foggy to all those involved. Especially the week we spent in Vegas but only remember [...]

Many people have been asking for an eBook to download in PDF format so I created low resolution files to accommodate the requests. These coffee-table-sized books are much more than just normal photo books, they are a photographically illustrated, collection of non-fictional short stories that become a cohesive short novel. All 3 volumes are interconnected [...]

You will understand the headline later in the story so I ask you to bear with me as I write this entry mostly for myself to preserve the details of a great weekend.
Pops, Nora, Aimee, Sharon and Rachie at the condoThis past weekend Sharon’s parents along with her sister and her husband, and her [...]

The cover unveiled for Volume 3, Lost Soles lead to Hope Found
The 3rd Volume of the One Shoe Diaries entitled Lost Soles Lead to Hope Found is currently scheduled to be released on Thanksgiving of 2009. This will be just in time for Christmas Orders to be taken and shipped in time for the Holidays. [...]

Nora relaxing in her swing after a long day of adventuring.Well time is going by pretty quickly and it is amazing to see the changes that have taken place with Nora already. she is starting to look less like the angry old man when she came out, to a sweet baby girl. She is definitely [...]

(As a preface, I must tell you I am typing this entry as I sit in the dark at the hospital with Sharon taking a rest and baby Nora in her bassinet sleeping snug as a bug in a rug right next to me making the cutest cooing noises ever, all is perfect in the [...]

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Sharon and I took Labor Day as a time to spend with each other and the dogs out at the beach. It was a great day. Little Jinny ran and ran, and she just loves to be in the [...]